OPED: The Blackwater Pardons: Why POTUS Did The Right Thing
de facto and de jure agents of the Federal Government. Since their actions in self-defense were objectively reasonable pursuant to myriad cases applying the Graham v. Connor 2 standard of reasonableness, the Defendants should have been afforded Qualified Immunity from pecuniary liability and, axiomatically, criminal prosecution. The Blackwater PSD team members reasonably acted in self-defense and defense of others under situations that were “tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving.” Based on the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of the insurgent threats at the time – using...
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